Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the amendment of the Department of Public Service’s 2020 Capital Improvement Budget to align budget authority and cash related to the Vision Zero Columbus program and the Roadway - Sullivant Ave - Hague to I70 project.
Some capital improvement contracts are completed for less than the contracted amount. This is primarily due to contingency funding not being needed or the contract work being completed for less than the contracted amount. The Department of Public Service periodically closes the purchase orders and other encumbrance documents for these projects and cancels the remaining funding on them so the funding is available to use on other projects. For one of these cancellation rounds, the Department of Finance and Management designated that the cancelled funding would be used to partially fund the Department of Public Service’s capital budget request for the Vision Zero Columbus program. Vision Zero Columbus is a program focused on ending crash related fatalities and serious injuries on our streets while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. An ordinance is required to align budget authority and cash from the completed projects to Vision Zero Columbus.
The Department of Public Service is engaged in the Roadway - Sullivant Ave - Hague to I70 project. This project will replace and repair sidewalks, enhance pedestrian safety, repair the roadway, rehabilitate alleys, replace traffic signals and signs, add LED street lights, mitigate stormwater ponding, and also install artistic lighting at the I-70 bridge underpass. The work is being performed using existing contracts, newly bid contracts, and Department of Public Service labor funded out of the operating budget. The Department of Public Service reimburses itself for operating budget labor and existing contracts used for capital eligible work performed on projects, which to-date on this project includes: retaining wall repairs; driv...
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